Restored carpenters hatchet
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Restored carpenters hatchet
I have had this head sitting around for a few years, picked up at a market stall for next to nothing. Anyway I was looking at buying a nice carving hatchet for roughing staves and remembered I had this one. Handle is local Cedar Wattle with a bit of character. The head I leveled on the flat side using a sheet of emery paper on a flat surface, also sharpened using the same method on the other side. Cheers Steve
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Reckon it might make a great throwing axe at shoots too!
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They are a Gem, used one many years ago when we used to do timber Floors. Cheers Roadie.
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Yeah I have been meaning to make up a throwing axe rather than just watching all the fun at the Gathering.bigbob wrote:Reckon it might make a great throwing axe at shoots too!
To be honest Roadie, I don't know much about how they were used. It seems really good at pairing wood of sparingly(chisel like) without wanting to dig in like a conventional ground axe. Can you tell me more about how you used it for flooring. Cheers SteveRoadie wrote:They are a Gem, used one many years ago when we used to do timber Floors. Cheers Roadie.
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I have always wondered the same thing myself, your going to have to give a bit of detail here Roadielongbow steve wrote:To be honest Roadie, I don't know much about how they were used. It seems really good at pairing wood of sparingly(chisel like) without wanting to dig in like a conventional ground axe. Can you tell me more about how you used it for flooring. Cheers Steve
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Steve & Hazard, Back many years ago when we built houses, before concrete floors became the norm, the houses were on stumps & Bearers. When fitting the Floor Joist to the bearers, there were no such things as Electric planers, so we used axes and Adze to fit the joist to the bearers, just like using a very large chisel. We then used string lines and water levels to make sure every thing was on a level plane, then put up wall frames. Then we fitted the floor boards, using Floor Dogs (mechanical Wedges) to pull up the Floor boards, nailed them using a 26 oz hammer.
I still have my axe and Adze and hammer, which would be 100 years old. No Joke.
Hope this Helps. Cheers Roadie.
I still have my axe and Adze and hammer, which would be 100 years old. No Joke.
Hope this Helps. Cheers Roadie.
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Just what I was thinking!!bigbob wrote:Reckon it might make a great throwing axe at shoots too!
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Thanks Grant, it would be great to be skilled in just hand tools and traditional methods of building. Thanks for sharing that.
Cheers Steve
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I will happily let you have a chuck of my double bit axe at the Gathering!longbow steve wrote:Yeah I have been meaning to make up a throwing axe rather than just watching all the fun at the Gathering.bigbob wrote:Reckon it might make a great throwing axe at shoots too!
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Thanks GillyGilly wrote:I will happily let you have a chuck of my double bit axe at the Gathering!longbow steve wrote:Yeah I have been meaning to make up a throwing axe rather than just watching all the fun at the Gathering.bigbob wrote:Reckon it might make a great throwing axe at shoots too!
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Look good Steve....be a handy tool
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That looks a nice old axe Steve and they work well. Dennis has used a Tommy Axe sharpened like that for a similar purpose for quite a few years now.
Nice handle also but you have the grain running the wrong way mate.
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Nice handle also but you have the grain running the wrong way mate.
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Thats good to know Jeff. Ahh should the grain/rings be 90 degrees around for stiffness or just durability? I figured creating it like a bow would give it enough integrity?? SteveStickbow Hunter wrote:That looks a nice old axe Steve and they work well. Dennis has used a Tommy Axe sharpened like that for a similar purpose for quite a few years now.
Nice handle also but you have the grain running the wrong way mate.
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For durability mate. Probably not so important with your little axe but it certainly is with a full size axe.longbow steve wrote:Ahh should the grain/rings be 90 degrees around for stiffness or just durability?
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